Shoe basket



SHOE BASKET E. OUGHELTREE Filed Dec. 6, 1949 Dec. 30, 1952 INVENTOR. ELIZABETH ouaunmss I/TOE/V') Patented Dec. 30, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHOE BASKET Elizabeth Ougheltree, Astoria, N. Y.

Application December 6, 1949, Serial No. 131,343

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a shoe basket adapted for attachment to beds.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a shoe basket which is adapted for attachment to beds so that the slippers or shoes can be elevated from the floor and prevented from being lost under the bed.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shoe basket which can be adapted for difierent types of bed boards wherein a clamping member is adjustable on an arm to properly clamp the arm to the board.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a slipper or shoe basket adapted for connection to a bed which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, easy to adapt or adjust to the bed, convenient to use and efiicient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a still further form of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the supporting arm for the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamping plate which is adjustable on the attaching arm.

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of a bed with the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1 attached thereto.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the basket constructed according to the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 and attached to the side boards of a bed and taken generally on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the basket of the form shown in Fig. 1, further secured to the bed by a clamping plate.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1, 5 and 7, it represents an open top basket formed of wire mesh and to the opposite sides of which there is connected a hanger ll having longitudinally extending projections I2 and I3 extending through the sides of the basket. The basket is open at the front and beneath the hanger to permit the extension into the basket of shoes or slippers. The hanger is bent at the upper end, as indicated at M, to fit over the top of the bed, Fig. 5, and between the spring portion I5 and the mattress It. When the bracket is so placed on the bed, the basket will be suspended,

as shown in Fig. 5, therefrom and elevated from the floor. With the shoes or Slippers in place, as indicated at H, within the basket I0, there is little opportunity for the shoe or slippers to be displaced beneath the bed. In order to prevent the basket from being easily drawn from the springs, a clamping plate I8 is connected over the attaching bracket H and made secure by screws [9 upon a frame piece 2|.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 6, there is shown a modified form of the invention wherein the supporting arms, when the basket is not in use, can be pivoted downwardly into the basket so that the basket can consume little space and be more easily packaged for shipment. In this form of the invention a main U-shaped frame 25 extends around the top of a woven basket arrangement 26 formed prefer-ably of wide metal strips. The front of the basket arrangement 26 is open so as to permit the reception of shoes or slippers ll. On the ends of the legs of the U-shaped member 25 there is pivoted attaching arms 21, respectively. The attachment is effected with a rivet or pivot pin 28. These arms have a depending and turned up portion 29 with a slot 3| therein for engagement with the under edge of the legs of the U-shaped member so that the arm 21 may be supported in a vertical position. On the upper end of each arm is an angle bracket 32 adapted to engage with the top of a side board rail 33 while an adjustable clamping plate or bracket 34 is adapted to be brought into engagement with the lower edge of the rail and held therein by a brace 35 engageable with any one of a set of notches 36 in the side of the arm 21.

When the basket is not in use, the arms 21 may be pivoted downwardly into the basket so as to consume little space and permit the easy shipment or storage of the basket.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A basket construction for supporting shoes and the like under a bed comprising a basket portion having sides and an open front, and bracket means extending upwardly from the sides in front of the basket and adapted for the securement of the basket to the side of the bed so that the open front may be accessible from the side of the bed, said basket including a Ll-shaped member, said attaching bracket means including 3 arms respectively pivotally connected to the side legs of the U-shaped member, said arms having brace projections adapted to engage with the under sides of the side legs of the U-shaped member when the arms are adjusted to their vertical positions, a fixed clamping plate secured to the upper end of each of the said arms and an adjustable clamping plate slidable upon each arm and said clamping plates adapted to engage respectively with the upper and lower edges of the bed side rail, whereby the bracket arms can be folded into and out of the basket to permit the easy shipment and storage of the basket with the bracket arms pivoted thereinto.

ELIZABETH OUGHELTREE.

'4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 454,341 Gaines Jr. June 16, 1891 907,501 Jarrett Dec. 22, 1908 10 1,630,889 Clarke May 31, 1927 2,458,194 Panosh Jan. 4, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 142,407 Austria July 25, 1935 

